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some months later department of defense, inspector general came out with a report with a different set of conclusions than the article drew, but that was months later and after the fact. at the time when the media controversy arose, the most important thing was not stan mcchrystal's reputation, it was not stan mcchrystal's job, it was the mission. the mission i was there in the 150,000 people that count on me and the afghan people i care a lot about. so i made the decision, you know, right away that i went back to washington the next day that i would offer my resignation to the president as an option for him either to leave me in afghanistan or accept my resignation. >> were you surprised he accepted it? >> no. >> too much controversy at the time? >> i'm not a washington insider, but i can see a media controversy. i know that when the oxygen's being burned out of a room, i was not surprised. i regret that it went that way. i'd have liked to stay on the mission, but, you know, i was in command. i was responsible. and i don't have any hesitation to this day that when you're in command if
some months later department of defense, inspector general came out with a report with a different set of conclusions than the article drew, but that was months later and after the fact. at the time when the media controversy arose, the most important thing was not stan mcchrystal's reputation, it was not stan mcchrystal's job, it was the mission. the mission i was there in the 150,000 people that count on me and the afghan people i care a lot about. so i made the decision, you know, right away...
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our defense budget keeps exploding. so an iranian crisis comes at the absolute worst time for this country. >> that's what i was saying early on. >> on so many points. >> things could change dramatically this year. >> richard and i have talked about this a lot. in search of a metaphor, have i been thinking about the islamic role in africa and the middle east, think of it size a large, very dry forest after years of drought. and a lightning strike anywhere, which is unanticipated, starts a brush fire. and then it goes across. we just saw what happened in algeria. what's going on in syria at the moment. and we are not dealing state-to-state. there's an entirely new set of rules for dealing with that critical part of the world, to say nothing of the 300 million people who live there, the oil, the energy we have invested, and as richard and i have been talking, what happens to the kingdoms, saudi arabia next door? with an aging leadership. and they are in the bunker at the moment. and then all of the gulf states as well. jo
our defense budget keeps exploding. so an iranian crisis comes at the absolute worst time for this country. >> that's what i was saying early on. >> on so many points. >> things could change dramatically this year. >> richard and i have talked about this a lot. in search of a metaphor, have i been thinking about the islamic role in africa and the middle east, think of it size a large, very dry forest after years of drought. and a lightning strike anywhere, which is...
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>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime, but the networks that the united states has built have been tayloreded to support operations in iraq and afghanistan. that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future o
>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime,...
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. >> rose: when you look at these issues of nominee for secretary of defense, nominee for secretary of the treasury, and these criticisms on diversity, what did he say about that, major? >> well, the president said just hold on a minute. wait until i have made my appointments but for at point. s made so far on the national security side, all white males, treasury secretary, jack lew, an insider, chief of staff now moving over there, there are those who look at this administration and say not only is he not diverse as diverse tas was the first term, but it doesn't have any sort of that low level rivalry contingent that the first term cabinet did. all these people are dyed in the wool obama loyalists from the tightest elemental elements of the inner circle for president obama. and that is not a diversity it might be a sort of well what kind of outside opinions and perspectives are you getting at all, diverse or otherwise, and there are those who are criticizing the president's current approach to his cabinet on those basis as well as diverse knit a more traditional sense. >> health care
. >> rose: when you look at these issues of nominee for secretary of defense, nominee for secretary of the treasury, and these criticisms on diversity, what did he say about that, major? >> well, the president said just hold on a minute. wait until i have made my appointments but for at point. s made so far on the national security side, all white males, treasury secretary, jack lew, an insider, chief of staff now moving over there, there are those who look at this administration...
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you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. he will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general eric shinseki. every single day i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face our new and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance, loyalty and patriotism, those are values that are embodied in our armed forces. what is required is for all of us to return to those values. for all of us to embrace the new era of responsibility where we expect and demand not only more of our leaders, but more of ourselves. tonight we celebrate. but smile the work begins. -- tomorrow the work begins. together i'm confident that we will write the next great chapter in america's story. i've got a little surprise for some of you. as i said before, we have folks who are working right now in iraq and afghanistan. cut and it appea
you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. he will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general eric shinseki. every single day i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face our new and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance, loyalty and patriotism,...
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and assuring that our troops have the numbers needed to justify our defensive? >> i think the right honorable gentleman makes a save point to the point is they are every five years and so there will be option to look all over again. what i would say to him about the level of risk, and i made this point in my statement to the house on monday, is that the risks are changing but we still face the biggest risk from the afghanistan-pakistan area, but the proportion of the risks we face from the very has declined so we are able to use resources as we draw down in afghanistan to cope with the other risks that we face. but the overall point is absolutely that yes, we are going to have a smaller regular army, although the extra reserves will be at the overall level of our army hardly changes the size, but it would be better equipped, more capable, more mobile, more capable of dealing with the modern threats that we face. >> graham stuart. >> tournament. can i congratulate the prime minister on the speech on europe this morning, and -- mr. speaker, this premise has a hist
and assuring that our troops have the numbers needed to justify our defensive? >> i think the right honorable gentleman makes a save point to the point is they are every five years and so there will be option to look all over again. what i would say to him about the level of risk, and i made this point in my statement to the house on monday, is that the risks are changing but we still face the biggest risk from the afghanistan-pakistan area, but the proportion of the risks we face from...
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in the game low on quality their defense obliged opponents. only too happy to open up the scoring. the korean midfielder netted one before halftime to make it 2-0. 2-0. somehow the host rallied, pulling one back and added a second in stoppage time. he even put the ball in the net again. the referee spotted a foul and no goal. their fight for survival starts here. >> and in sunday's other match the new coaching duo grabbed a point against hamburg. >> the match sprung to life midway through the second half when the striker put hamburg ahead with his seventh goal of the season. but the hosts struck back. the german had been with the team since 2010. a year after it began to compete on the circuit. >> the president said it was making the move to cut costs and secure the team's long-term future and a difficult economic climate. new formula 1 season will begin in march. thanks for joining us here on the journal. >> we will have more news the next hour.
in the game low on quality their defense obliged opponents. only too happy to open up the scoring. the korean midfielder netted one before halftime to make it 2-0. 2-0. somehow the host rallied, pulling one back and added a second in stoppage time. he even put the ball in the net again. the referee spotted a foul and no goal. their fight for survival starts here. >> and in sunday's other match the new coaching duo grabbed a point against hamburg. >> the match sprung to life midway...
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in the game low on quality their defense obliged opponents. only too happy to open up the scoring. the korean midfielder netted one before halftime to make it 2-0. 2-0. somehow the host rallied, pulling one back and added a second in stoppage time. he even put the ball in the net again. the referee spotted a foul and no goal. their fight for survival starts here. >> and in sunday's other match the new coaching duo grabbed a point against hamburg. >> the match sprung to life midway through the second half when the striker put hamburg ahead with his seventh goal of the season. but the hosts struck back. the german had been with the team since 2010. a year after it began to compete on the circuit. >> the president said it was making the move to cut costs and secure the team's long-term future and a difficult economic climate. new formula 1 season will begin in march. thanks for joining us here on the journal. >> we will have more news the next hour.
in the game low on quality their defense obliged opponents. only too happy to open up the scoring. the korean midfielder netted one before halftime to make it 2-0. 2-0. somehow the host rallied, pulling one back and added a second in stoppage time. he even put the ball in the net again. the referee spotted a foul and no goal. their fight for survival starts here. >> and in sunday's other match the new coaching duo grabbed a point against hamburg. >> the match sprung to life midway...
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defense secretary leon panetta said the united states has a responsibility to go after al qaeda. he said u.s. forces plan to share intelligence they gained by using drones with their french allies. he says they'll provide mid air refueling to support french pilots. >>> nuclear power representatives from around the world have met in malaysia to discuss energy in southeast asia. the region needs a way to fuel its rapidly growing economy. about 300 government and corporate officials met in the capital and talked about the advantages and challenges of introducing nuclear power plants. malaysian and indonesian officials say power remains the main option for growing economies with high energy demands and say this is in spite of strong public opposition after the fukushima disaster. they both guarantee the safety of nuclear energy. the administration is working on transforming the energy policies. the trade minster said the country will export nuclear infrastructure after ensuring that it's safe. >> translator: japan has accumulated technology and human resources related to nuclear powe
defense secretary leon panetta said the united states has a responsibility to go after al qaeda. he said u.s. forces plan to share intelligence they gained by using drones with their french allies. he says they'll provide mid air refueling to support french pilots. >>> nuclear power representatives from around the world have met in malaysia to discuss energy in southeast asia. the region needs a way to fuel its rapidly growing economy. about 300 government and corporate officials met...
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defense. we have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been reasonably responsive in immediate response, immediate response by doctrine and policy are military dod authorities moving out their gates into their neighborhoods when a disaster hits right next door. i mean, that seems to make sense. we have good relationships at our bases and stations and the ability to roll out and assist is something you would expect to work out pretty well. some of that has matured, in fact. in the state of california we have established a number of agreements, most particularly the wil
defense. we have codified it in policy over the years and certainly things have advanced since 9/11 and hurricane katrina, but there has been a real gap in detailed preplanning for emergency response, particularly as it works its way down the chain into the tactical forces that would respond, most specifically i think those on active duty. this is an area that we don't tend to pay a lot of attention to and very often when it comes we tray to look the other way. i believe that we have been...
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a week later, the confirmation hearing for chuck hagel, the president's nominee to be defense secretary. mr. hagel served two terms as republican senator for nebraska. his confirmation hearing it live on c-span thursday, january 31st at 9:30 a.m. eastern. november 20th lappin and west west to play dice regional command south from october 2010 to october 2011. from august 2004 to february 2007, served as deputy commanding general operations, not division and its latest deputy commanding general for operations for combined joint task force 76 afghanistan from january 2006 until february 2007 with responsibilities and what is not regional command east, south and southwest. travel to afghanistan offered by security force officers to gather a full picture of isaf coalition of partnered efforts and today he'll update us on the progress of the campaign. he will mix them up in a comments in an take your questions. but that general, alternate over to you. >> thanks for that very kind introduction. i can tell you she looks much better person than to be sitting couple in what we call that can come
a week later, the confirmation hearing for chuck hagel, the president's nominee to be defense secretary. mr. hagel served two terms as republican senator for nebraska. his confirmation hearing it live on c-span thursday, january 31st at 9:30 a.m. eastern. november 20th lappin and west west to play dice regional command south from october 2010 to october 2011. from august 2004 to february 2007, served as deputy commanding general operations, not division and its latest deputy commanding general...
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the defense secretary. you think that he's -- is lou going to be playing some kind of a role whereby he's going to be able to let obama become more of a negotiator? i think that's one of lou's strengths, that he does know congress and that this will help obama in e two. malice in mali. this afternoon french armed forces lend supports to units of the maliian army to fight against terrorists. the operation will last as long as needed. last friday france invoked united nations security council resolutions and then intervened in the civil war raging in the north african country of mali. the u.n. resolutions call for quote, unquote rapid deployment of foreign troops and was passed after islamist rebels in the country's northern sector launched a military assault on southern mali in a bid to take over the country. the rebel forces include al qaeda and the islamist abbreviated to aqim. it established itself in mali following the overthrow of moammar qaddafi, libya's strong man. aqim has established strict islamist
the defense secretary. you think that he's -- is lou going to be playing some kind of a role whereby he's going to be able to let obama become more of a negotiator? i think that's one of lou's strengths, that he does know congress and that this will help obama in e two. malice in mali. this afternoon french armed forces lend supports to units of the maliian army to fight against terrorists. the operation will last as long as needed. last friday france invoked united nations security council...
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it is to vote -- we just defense. we defend our territory. >> the previous cease-fire held for 17 years the separatists are in conflict again. they have been fighting for 20 months. in the south, the president says he is committed to seeking peace. he has just met with the chinese deputies foreign minister to discuss the issue. he has not ordered any army assault. >> in order to gain peace over the country, there -- it is for the taking -- go through the red tape as quickly as possible. >> rebel groups have already agreed, but for now, the fighters are in their bunkers under fire and far from the negotiating table. >> rebels in colombia are calling for a new truce pin the government. it said it would begin fighting today -- again. a report from the valley, one of the main conflict zone. >> they enjoy the last hours of relative peace in the village. a stronghold for rebels. in the last two months, there has been a drop in skirmishes. now, the rebels' unilateral -- unilateral cease-fire is over. they wonder how long unt
it is to vote -- we just defense. we defend our territory. >> the previous cease-fire held for 17 years the separatists are in conflict again. they have been fighting for 20 months. in the south, the president says he is committed to seeking peace. he has just met with the chinese deputies foreign minister to discuss the issue. he has not ordered any army assault. >> in order to gain peace over the country, there -- it is for the taking -- go through the red tape as quickly as...
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. >> late last year, turkey asked nato for a missile defense system. the pieces of that system came off of the boat from germany. >> the military equipment is now in turkey and not far from the border in syria and the organization insists that the hardware stays in this country. nato says that they are not crossing the border to get directly involved in the conflict in syria. -- >> germany and the u.s. have agreed to send patriot missiles to germany. -- >> our mission is to protect the town, are ranged between nato and the turkish allies, so i don't see any involvement in any offensive action, that is not what we're here for. >> turkey insists that they can handle the rest of their defense. the war is just on the other side of the fence. the patriots will stop missiles, but they won't stop the more immediate threat of the stray bullets, but still, turkey wants the hardware. they are taking every measure to keep the country save. the patriots are expected to be operational by the start of next month. -- >> thousands of musicians marched down pennsylvani
. >> late last year, turkey asked nato for a missile defense system. the pieces of that system came off of the boat from germany. >> the military equipment is now in turkey and not far from the border in syria and the organization insists that the hardware stays in this country. nato says that they are not crossing the border to get directly involved in the conflict in syria. -- >> germany and the u.s. have agreed to send patriot missiles to germany. -- >> our mission is...
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our responsibility as our room states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is can. there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing but for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty looks set to be an important year and what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people these are all of the arty berlin. big money matters on both sides of the atlantic and the shady deal is causing financial rollercoasters exposed in the latest edition of the kaiser report that's coming up in the next hour but here's a brief preview for you. three weeks ago the f.c.c. not the commodities futures trading commission
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department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq or afghanistan in body bags and last year suicides by american soldiers surged to three hundred forty nine historic high the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if leaders in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geographic location of america's fatalities and repeated mistakes reporting from new york. r.t. . online for at the moment crying wolf in russia the threat is real this time no republican side bierria to rise and hunting the an
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and lot of people who lost their lives but they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body but since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from...
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it's extraordinary the complacency about this the british ministry of defense apparently shut down its north african desk in two thousand and ten and then of course in two thousand and eleven britain and france lead the intervention in libya and we're getting kind of and i look into this problem as a kind of backwash from that intervention because you have not really looked through what's going to happen if you overthrow gadhafi but you don't actually put anything stable in its place quite contrary spreads and similarly in mali the argument is that france is intervening to stop chaos but the risk must be from what we've seen with interventions before that the french intervention actually tend to send ripples of disorder further around the region the surprising thing is that some fairly basic security measures which are just really numbers of guards would not apply to that bay are the same places here on all sides what seems to. me is that to the insofar as the molly ivins probably sparklers nobody seems to think that perhaps for the most groups to come from somewhere other than mali it
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people don't realize that 60% of our discretionary money go to the defense. wewe need and want a strong defense, with you but quite frankly out dateed cold war-era weapons can be taken off the table. there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to keep defense on the table as part of the negotiations as we move forward. i cannot accept a plan that's going to cut domestic spending by 8%. but i can look at a plan that looks at waste fraud and abuse cuts in the pentagon that will create jobs in our country and invest in infrastructure, education, healthcare rather than investing in cold war-era weapons systems that are now obsolete. >> jennifer: i hope they listen to you. barbara lee joining us. thank you for joining us. up next, leon panetta calls suicide in this country an epidemic, and the numbers bear them out.
people don't realize that 60% of our discretionary money go to the defense. wewe need and want a strong defense, with you but quite frankly out dateed cold war-era weapons can be taken off the table. there are many, many ways we can save money with defense in our pentagon budget, and never even touch anything that would affect our troops and their benefits and their families or national defense. nothing is off of the table and we have to under that defense can't be off of the table. we have to...
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>> at a hearing that i chaired on december 5 about the security situation there, we heard from the defense department, from african policy experts, and remotely, from mali about the need for the united states to lead an effort that will restore security and the territorial integrity of mali but also to make sure that we move towards free and fair elections so that there is a legitimate post couey election area -- post-coup government. we have got a short-term challenge in restoring their security. the french, i think, in partnership with the military, are doing a great job. there are longer-term challenges, restoring things. this is what led to the rebellion and the coup in the first place. >> do you think they should be deploying drones? >> we have used drones against al qaeda in pakistan, afghanistan, and other places in the world. i think it is incumbent on us in the senate to make sure we have a framework for when and how we're going to approve the use of drones. i do think they are an important tool in our toolkit to fight back against islamic extremists and to take action against fol
>> at a hearing that i chaired on december 5 about the security situation there, we heard from the defense department, from african policy experts, and remotely, from mali about the need for the united states to lead an effort that will restore security and the territorial integrity of mali but also to make sure that we move towards free and fair elections so that there is a legitimate post couey election area -- post-coup government. we have got a short-term challenge in restoring their...
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defense chief leon panetta has on a week long tour in europe shaking hands for the last time to rush or american military innings while in spain his side the u.s. will be boosting the number of troops in the country basing out the european on to missile shield but international human rights catches doubler believes washington's stuck in a cycle it's simply called break. in military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner wars for the united states are a double sided sword on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy they produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we seen in afghanistan interact they also drain the economy on one side so it's almost eighty eighty six endless circle a half to continue off in b.'s interventions to be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of the last.
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missile defense moves. >> it will be hadder this time. i don't see where u.s. and russian relations can go and that will be a problem foe the president starting, of course, with syria but iran is the bigger issue that remains undecided and we have gotten some russian help so far on iran but it doesn't mean we will get russian help with the next step. >> the arab spring signaled the fall of middle east leaders with whom u.s. officials had for 30 years cultivated careful relationship. >> president obama called on egypt's mubarak to step down. >> a change must take place. allocated u.s. resources to support a no-fly zone in libya leading to the killing of muammar qaddafi. but in syria, calling numerous times for bashar al-assad to step down, a civil continues there and the united states has not publicly stepped in. >> there is in doubt overall president obama's legacy toward the middle east is one of limited american actism. that is shown by how we handled egypt, libya, syria, iraq. >> there are unanswered questions of the investigation into the 9/11 attack on the
missile defense moves. >> it will be hadder this time. i don't see where u.s. and russian relations can go and that will be a problem foe the president starting, of course, with syria but iran is the bigger issue that remains undecided and we have gotten some russian help so far on iran but it doesn't mean we will get russian help with the next step. >> the arab spring signaled the fall of middle east leaders with whom u.s. officials had for 30 years cultivated careful relationship....
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has really -3 reorderee the priorities for defense."outgoing defense secretary leon anetta warnee, that pivot is ssential. 3 by rising powers in the asia pacific regionnanddturmoil across the middle ast ann with doonsizing the army. ens of housands of trropssmay be cut from the force over the next severaa ears. with no -large conventional round -3 wars, a smaller army will hhve specific units to be ready to go to particular regions such as africa or asia. military budget analyst andrew -3 krepenevich says it makes sense."instead of senning to conduuttstability operatiins as we did in iraa and afghanistan, we should take a more indirect approach - and that is we shoold be - willing to train nd advise & and equip local forces as opposee to sending our own forces in."but whee the us needs firepower on tte ground: be first up. successes in the raid that killed osama in laden, drone attacks in pakistan and yemen and 3 terrorists in somalia have underscoree the obbma aaministration's belief small, lethal, eliie uniis are a crucial advantage."
has really -3 reorderee the priorities for defense."outgoing defense secretary leon anetta warnee, that pivot is ssential. 3 by rising powers in the asia pacific regionnanddturmoil across the middle ast ann with doonsizing the army. ens of housands of trropssmay be cut from the force over the next severaa ears. with no -large conventional round -3 wars, a smaller army will hhve specific units to be ready to go to particular regions such as africa or asia. military budget analyst andrew -3...
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because we were never going to reach parity with the defense department. we were going to be 1/12th or less of the budget. that was fine. to do it but at the same time we asked for the funds we think we need to be able to fulfill the mission you have described, senator
because we were never going to reach parity with the defense department. we were going to be 1/12th or less of the budget. that was fine. to do it but at the same time we asked for the funds we think we need to be able to fulfill the mission you have described, senator
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you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. you will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general erik shinseki. [applause] and every single day that i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face are new, and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance, loyalty and patriotism, those are values that are embodied in our armed forces. what's required is for all of us to return to those values, what's required is all of us to embrace a new era of responsibility where we expect and demand not only more of our leaders, but more of ourselves. so tonight, we celebrate, but tomorrow the work begins. and i look forward to joining you in that effort. together i am confident that we will write the next great chapter in america's story. now, i've got a little surprise for some of you. as i said before, we have folks
you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. you will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general erik shinseki. [applause] and every single day that i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face are new, and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance,...
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defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping france britain and the us are hoping to establish permanent military presence and occupation of africa and this is this is one way they're going to be able to do it it's not going to be a short story if you say if you say they're trying to get some sort of permanent occupation of this part of africa why what's their point what's their motivations are. well there's a number of things i think we have to analyze this from a number of different angles the first thing to be always borne in mind analyzing any western intervention in the third world that isn't in africa latin
defense secretary john reid who when and how month five or six years ago. did you know probably within an hour very quickly and probably without even a bullet being fired thousands and thousands of years later. even the british army running out of nearly running out of bullets at one point in helmand due to the mass slaughter that it was initiating there we saw that that was a crock of lies and i think what hollande is saying is the same this is a ground invasion of africa and they're hoping...
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the department of defense was a very good partner to us in responding to benghazi but their assets were too far away to make much difference in a timely fashion. africom will look quite prescient because we will need to figure how to work more effectively together teen our civilian and military assets in africa. that would be a worthy subject of this committee working with the armed services committee because it is difficult. we have tried to work out more funding streams and cooperative relationship in order to be able to maximize the cooperation between us. >> when you talk about the feed to prioritize because of shortfalls construction budget and more marine security guards, what does that mean? what are the decisions that have to be made? how do they impact our diplomatic personnel? >> we have to do the right job prioritizing based on resources we have. i am the first to say it is not all about money but it is will not without budgetary consequences. we have to figure out right balance. second, after this happened i spoke with secretary panetta, chairman dempsey and asked the defens
the department of defense was a very good partner to us in responding to benghazi but their assets were too far away to make much difference in a timely fashion. africom will look quite prescient because we will need to figure how to work more effectively together teen our civilian and military assets in africa. that would be a worthy subject of this committee working with the armed services committee because it is difficult. we have tried to work out more funding streams and cooperative...
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defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups it includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and saw they feel it should reinforce their military and political presence in asia the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in the world so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy them to missile defense shield as a provocation against russian. regime change comes at a high cost a recent study of the arab spring has revealed that the egyptian syrian and libyan revolutions could set those countries back some two hundred twenty five billion dollars middle east economic analyst thinks that th
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss close military link ups it includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presence this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. you have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states or one of them is that they have to and the most serious danger...
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they sent packing a special team that the defense department provided and provided it at no cost. so if senior officials knew that our diplomats weren't safe and weren't adequately staffed, then why did they continue to withdraw security? i think that's -- that's the first question. in testimony this morning you said you never saw those requests. and i understand that. last month, though, deputy secretary byrnes testified that m mimos regarding the situation did make their way to the seventh floor, to top management. so what senior official was he referring to when he talks about top management there? who in the senior management was responsible for responding to those requests that were coming from the field. that would be my question. >> well, there is a lot of important questions in that, mr. chairman. and let me begin by saying that i was aware of certain incidents at our facility, and the attack on the british diplomat. i was briefed on steps taken to repair the breach in the perimeter wall after the june bombing, steps taken to reduce off compound movements. our team, led by
they sent packing a special team that the defense department provided and provided it at no cost. so if senior officials knew that our diplomats weren't safe and weren't adequately staffed, then why did they continue to withdraw security? i think that's -- that's the first question. in testimony this morning you said you never saw those requests. and i understand that. last month, though, deputy secretary byrnes testified that m mimos regarding the situation did make their way to the seventh...
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it was a defense of entitlements. it wasn't the campaign rhetoric that we need to change our entitlement slightly. it was really telling the activist community i'm your guy now. you don't have to worry about the first few years when we were fighting, and like you can -- let's go for it. >> the first term wasn't exactly a term without policy changes, key changes in american politics. >> paul crudman, who had been very critical of the president on the first day of the new term, wrote a column saying, wait a minute, let's look at the progressive achievements of the first term. i thought that was important. i think your point is really critical. it goes to what michael steel said. the republicans want to cast this as government, anti-government. what obama is saying is that the broad american tradition is a much more moderate tradition where nobody on the progressive side now pretends that government can do everything. no one is talking about nationalizing steel mills or the banks. >> or even health care. >> exactly. >> t
it was a defense of entitlements. it wasn't the campaign rhetoric that we need to change our entitlement slightly. it was really telling the activist community i'm your guy now. you don't have to worry about the first few years when we were fighting, and like you can -- let's go for it. >> the first term wasn't exactly a term without policy changes, key changes in american politics. >> paul crudman, who had been very critical of the president on the first day of the new term, wrote...
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defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. and i said. we have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you work and the most serious danger comes from the east from china and so they feel it should reinforce their military and political presence in asia and the other strain and leon panetta and president obama are part of it says that the u.s. has to be present in both so the operation and therefore they also have to deploy the anti missile defense shield that is a provocation against russia. now for some more world news at least seventeen people have been killed in two suicide car bomb attacks at the headquarters kurdish democratic party in the northern iraqi city of kirkuk officials said more than one hundred
defense secretary leon panetta is on a week long trip to europe to discuss closer military link ups and includes a visit to spain where washington is looking to double its defense presents this year spanish international affairs experts believe this is just one part of america's push to extend its worldwide influence. and i said. we have to take into account that there are two strains of thought within diplomatic circles in the united states one of them is that they have to leave you work and...
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defense secretary is in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down leon panetta has been reaffirming washington's military links across the atlantic earlier in madrid he said america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes that washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner or is for the united states or a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy the produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we've seen in afghanistan interact we also drain the economy on one side so it's almost a endless circle a have to continue off in these interventions to be able to bring in the resources to be able to then say we're able to have new interventions and unfortunately that's been the story of the last. t
defense secretary is in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down leon panetta has been reaffirming washington's military links across the atlantic earlier in madrid he said america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes that washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to...
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it was a great organizing tool and made sure our defense needs were going to be met. i believe in the world in which are we are living, our diplomacy and development needs are important. we don't have the same focus and working with the senate foreign relations committee on authorization where you can look at everything and have subcommittees delving into the issues coming up with an authorization i think would be a great step forward. >> thank you, madam secretary. >> from florida. they retire from new york to florida. >> thank you for the positive working relationship that we had during the state department. why were you not interviewed and when the person at the top, the secretary of state was not part of the conversation when it was confirmed they were never questioned for this report and i think that's outrageous. the state department was clearly allowing the false narrative that officials were being held accountable for what went wrong and ignoring the threat. the state did nothing to correct the record. 130 days after the terrorist attack why did you not take s
it was a great organizing tool and made sure our defense needs were going to be met. i believe in the world in which are we are living, our diplomacy and development needs are important. we don't have the same focus and working with the senate foreign relations committee on authorization where you can look at everything and have subcommittees delving into the issues coming up with an authorization i think would be a great step forward. >> thank you, madam secretary. >> from florida....
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but i thought this was just a broad, bold defense of liberal ideas. when i was listening to the speech, those points stuck out to me. it was the first time i had ever heard gay rights mentioned in an inaugural. it was a bold defense of social security and medicare, the sort of new deal, fdr sort of vision of the democratic state. it was i thought for liberals, for progressives, they had to have seen this as finally, a complete and total embrace by this president of progressivism. >> certainly a vindication for all the work they have done to see this barack obama show up and deliver that address. the "new yorker" says if it is followed by action it will be counted among the most important american political addresses of the modern era. ben, i want to ask you. they have highly touted the fact that the lily ledbetter act was the first piece of legislation the president signed. words into action. what are the first 100 days going to look like? >> well, i think he's going to aggressively pursue all these fronts. obviously we have big fiscal challenges. he
but i thought this was just a broad, bold defense of liberal ideas. when i was listening to the speech, those points stuck out to me. it was the first time i had ever heard gay rights mentioned in an inaugural. it was a bold defense of social security and medicare, the sort of new deal, fdr sort of vision of the democratic state. it was i thought for liberals, for progressives, they had to have seen this as finally, a complete and total embrace by this president of progressivism. >>...